Drivers door lock stiff

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Post Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:01 am

Door lock has gone stiff, have to use the boot lock to lock the doors, will I have to change the lock or is there anything else I can do that's easier?
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Post Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:41 am

Mine too,going try sorting mine later,you can rest assured I ain't gonna buy a new lock,it will work properly again!
Let you know how I get on :D
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Post Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:56 am

One word of advice, get it sorted before it breaks. I have a broken drivers door lock, combined with no central locking, resulting in only the drivers door being unlocked.....but permanently unlocked! Been about 2 months now, pah to locks, who needs em. I just make sure that I park with the drivers door not next to the kerb, that way at least the door handle chancers don't strike lucky.
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Post Fri Apr 01, 2005 11:01 am

mine is still playing up (brian, i know..i know) but i will do the wire switch, if i have the balls to rip the plastic connector out the door
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Post Fri Apr 01, 2005 12:11 pm

Jesus325iTouring wrote:Mine too,going try sorting mine later,you can rest assured I ain't gonna buy a new lock,it will work properly again!
Let you know how I get on :D
Where abouts are you... you can do mine too :wink:
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Post Fri Apr 01, 2005 12:24 pm

when i replaced the broken lock on mine it seemed a lot stiffer than before (hohoho :lol: )

but when i took it all out again, the lock worked really smoothly. I think its probably the central locking box in the door which is sticking.

When I get time Im going to take it out and see if it benefits from a bit of a clean.

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Post Sat Apr 02, 2005 12:32 am

oneblueleg wrote:
Jesus325iTouring wrote:Mine too,going try sorting mine later,you can rest assured I ain't gonna buy a new lock,it will work properly again!
Let you know how I get on :D
Where abouts are you... you can do mine too :wink:
Up near Chippenham,feel free to come up.

Didn't get around to mine today in the end ran out of time.But will prolly do them over the weekend somtime. :D
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Post Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:23 am

Bit far to do a door lock unfortunately, thanks for the invite, mine seems to have freed up strangly, still needs looking at, but not so urgently now...